AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Serious Fraud Office awarded Allthorpe Consulting Ltd a £271,660 consultancy engagement to support the Definition Phase of its Data Fusion Project. The notice describes a G-Cloud 14 GCA framework call-off.
Published outcomeOne active award is reported to ALLTHORPE CONSULTING LTD. The published record gives an award date of 12 August 2026 and a contract period from 1 October to 24 December 2026.
Market significanceThis is a short-duration specialist systems and technical consultancy requirement in the fraud-investigation technology sector, procured through a framework call-off.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
ALLTHORPE CONSULTING LTD
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-eee459c6-ddaf-484b-981c-f20ee8037cb2-1 · 271660 GBP · active
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The award names Allthorpe Consulting Ltd as supplier and reports an award value of £271,660. Supplier verification identifies the legal company as ALLTHORPE CONSULTING LTD (company number 12972450).
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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Process notice type and award document description.
Source status
97% confidenceComplete
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Process source_status is "complete"; tender status is "complete".
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-eee459c6-ddaf-484b-981c-f20ee8037cb2-1 has status "active".
Contract signature status
99% confidenceUnknown
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No explicit signed-contract field or signature date is supplied.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£271,660
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Award value and tender value are both GBP 271,660.
Value allocation
96% confidenceAllocated to the sole published award and supplier
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One award and one supplier are supplied; the award record reports £271,660.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award decision date
98% confidence12 August 2026
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Award date is 2026-08-12T00:00:00+01:00.
Tender deadline
98% confidence30 September 2026
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Tender period end date is 2026-09-30T00:00:00+01:00.
Published contract period start
98% confidence1 October 2026
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Award and tender contractPeriod startDate are 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Published contract period end
98% confidence24 December 2026
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Award and tender contractPeriod endDate are 2026-12-24T23:59:59Z.
Award notice publication
99% confidence16 October 2026
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Award notice datePublished is 2026-10-16T14:07:44+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceSpecialist consultancy services supporting the Definition Phase of the Serious Fraud Office Data Fusion Project
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Process and tender description.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 72220000 — Systems and technical consultancy services
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Published primary CPV classification.
Category
99% confidenceServices
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main_category and mainProcurementCategory are services.
Delivery location
93% confidenceSW1Y 5BS
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Tender item delivery address postal code is SW1Y 5BS.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
98% confidenceSelective
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Published procurementMethod is "selective".
Route to market
99% confidenceCall-off from a framework agreement
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Published procurementMethodDetails.
Framework
96% confidenceG-Cloud 14 GCA
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Tender description states that the requirement was awarded under the G Cloud 14 GCA framework.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bidder count, tenderer list, evaluation scores or ranking is provided.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published term
98% confidence1 October 2026 to 24 December 2026
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Award contractPeriod start and end dates.
Extension or option terms
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No extension, option or variation terms are provided.
SME suitability
95% confidenceSME: yes; VCSE: no
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Tender suitability flags state sme=true and vcse=false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial profile
91% confidenceA fixed published-value, short-term definition-phase consultancy call-off
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The notice reports a £271,660 award, framework call-off route and contract period ending 24 December 2026.
Supplier positioning signal
86% confidenceThe award indicates selection for specialist systems and technical consultancy within an SFO data-fusion initiative.
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Published scope and CPV classification; no evaluation rationale is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Date sequence inconsistency
99% confidenceThe stated award decision date precedes the stated tender deadline
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Award date is 12 August 2026, while tenderPeriod endDate is 30 September 2026. The source does not explain this sequence.
Contract execution evidence
99% confidenceNo explicit evidence that a contract was signed is supplied
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The dataset reports an active award and a contract period, but no signature field, contract identifier or execution date.
Lot allocation
99% confidenceNo lots are published
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The lots dataset is empty and the award has no lot IDs.
Evaluation transparency
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid prices, scores, award rationale, bidder count or evaluation methodology is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published award date of 12 August 2026 is earlier than the published tender deadline of 30 September 2026; the source provides no explanation, so neither date sequence is reconciled.
- The notice does not explicitly evidence a signed or executed contract.
- Information on bidder numbers, unsuccessful suppliers, pricing, evaluation scores, award rationale and savings is not supplied in the published notice.
- No lots, individual lot values, extension options or renewal terms are supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Serious Fraud OfficeALLTHORPE CONSULTING LTDAllthorpe ConsultingData Fusion ProjectG-Cloud 14systems and technical consultancy servicespublic procurement award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Serious Fraud Office Data Fusion consultancy award?
ALLTHORPE CONSULTING LTD is the verified legal supplier named for the published award.
What is the published value of the award?
The published award value is £271,660.
What procurement route was used?
The notice describes a selective call-off from a framework agreement and names G-Cloud 14 GCA.
When does the published contract period end?
The published end date is 24 December 2026. No extension or renewal terms are supplied.
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